Albany Office Park Concept III
The proposed 85 700 m2 office development
aims to create a sense of locale, populating the green field site with a wide
variety of office units, ground floor commercial outlets and public amenity
space. The scheme, through design, aims to promote the multi functional
sustainable use of land and provide comfortable climate controlled
environments.
The six building complex,
accommodating a total of 37 000 m2 of office, is linked by a hard and soft
landscaped urban park and stitched together using a common vernacular
architectural language of modern cladding systems, aluminium louvered screens
and glazed curtain walls. The relocation of the car parking to above and below
ground floor enables the multi level park, crisscrossed by pedestrian routes,
to be colonised by a mixture of restaurants, cafes and retail units that spill
out into the open square protected from both wind and sun by the over sailing
canopies. Each of the office buildings, diverse in floor plate, height and
outlook, can be accessed from both ground and car parking levels directly and
due to each building's separate infrastructure can de constructed independently
as part of the whole scheme.
Through location and design,
the development, affording commanding views to the surrounding area, will serve
as a gateway to the expansive development of the City.